Performing Rights Organizations: PRS/PPL

In the UK the main performing rights organizations are PRS for Music (http://www.prsformusic.com) and PPL (http://www.ppluk.com/). They collect license fees for songwriters, music publishers and composers.

In order to receive potential license fees for your work, you have to become a member of one of these organizations. For some people, these organizations help a great deal, for some other people they may not be appealing.

More information about these organizations is readily available around the web and their respective websites.

List of performing rights organizations from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_copyright_collection_societies